let me ask you about the house leadership possibilities for schumer, senator schumer. where was it in terms of leadership in the house? was or evea path for him to be a leader? >> guest: he was part of this, this sort of brat pack of young up-and-coming people acting. he was living in a house that was owned by george miller, just a couple blocks from the house office buildings. dick durbin lived there. leon panetta lived there until he went into the clinton administration. they were these young turks who are trying to challenge the leadership at the time, first with speaker foley and then speak or write. they really wanted to push the envelope. what happened was 1994, the midterm losses, and you lost the majority here and he will tell you, chuck schumer will tell you that he's been in the minority in the seneca in the majority in the senate and the majority in the house and the minority in the house. only one of those four situations did he hate and i was being in the house minority. that's what he made this interlocinternal calculus of al, i'm going to run statewide.

schumer: well, they are here. this is an example -- the people who are not here we cannot bring here. the people not being allowed to come are people who have helped our military like mohammed and there are people who are facing severe danger, many of whom who have relatives here who are american citizens. it's forhey are here every person who is here there , are people over there in these countries that are very much the same. reporter: is there a member of the alliance family that is elias to get here -- the family that is trying to get here? >> yes. >> is it two or three daughters were trying to get here? >> i have three daughters. she also has four kids. both of us had the interview and everything they're ok. one of my grandchildren, they want to take them to the army. i said, "no, you cannot serve a savage government who are killing these people and stuff." this is in syria. it is very difficult for us to keep them. a lebanese government, they are not taking any syrian refugees, contain them in their country,

all this before following the head clown will be known as schumer clowns and suddenly schumer doesn'tike name-calling. >> i say to the president-elect and republicans that this is not a time for calling names. it's time for them to step up to the plate if they want to repeal and show us what they will replace it with. >> lou: sorry, chuck, it appears to be too late for you, you are down as the head clown. you didn't help yourself yesterday when as head clown you blustered the only way democrats would work with president-elect tromp would be if he "moves completely in our direction and abandons his republican colleagues." the schumer clowns and their leader now bona fide obstructionist earned the branding, the head clown has threatened to slow the confirmation process for trump's cabinet, said he will absolutely work to keep the supreme court vacancy open, and today he is demanding an ethics probe into the choice to head the health and human choices his. it is too late to counsel the head clown and all the schumer clowns. the battle is joint between the globalist left and the nationali

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schumer and the schumer clowns are the subject of my commentary >> lou: a few thoughts now on the mange on capitol hill. he is none other than senate minority leader chuck schumer of new york. the same who back in the timbers that he could work with president-elect tromp, trump reciprocated at the time with this tweet. "i have always had a good relationship with chuck schumer, he is far smarter than harry reid and has the ability to get things done, good news"! that was then, and now is something altogether different. the president-elect today dubbed schumer "head clown" after schumer said trump wanted to "make america sick again." too low even for a man of schumer's standards. all this before following the head clown will be known as schumer clowns and suddenly schumer doesn't like name-calling. >> i say to the president-elect and republicans that this is not a time for calling names. it's time for them to step up to the plate if they want to repeal and show us what they will replace it with. >> lou: sorry, chuck, it appears to be too late for you, you are down as the head clown. you

what do you make of schumer's tone?pic battle for the next four years, opening gambit or throwing down the gauntlet or coming in every time there's new president? >> think we're seeing chuck schumer assuming the mantle of being the top democrat in government. and now giving voice to what it is to be the opposition party. and so i think he was sort of waving the party flag and sort of setting the boundaries for donald trump that he could understand where schumer was coming from broadly. but as you noted, these two know each other over time. donald trump was a chuck schumer donor, and chuck schumer is going to seek ways where he can to make deals with donald trump. so while i have no doubt that he will spend most his time leading the democrats in opposition to trump is doing, i don't think what you saw there was an opening for a four-year epic battle. >> think about it when how long they've known each other and how weird for chuck schumer to have donald trump once a donor as opposition and president of the united states.

but as you noted it, know each other and donald trump was a chuck schumer donor and chuck schumer is going to seek ways where he can to make deals with donald trump. while i have no doubt he will spend most of his time leading the democrats in opposition to what trump is doing, i don't think what you saw there was some opening salvevo to a four-year epic battle. >> think about it when how long they've known each other and how weird for chuck schumer to have donald trump once a donor as opposition and president of the united states. it's a strange world and he probably knows a lot of secrets about donald trump. known each other foy long time. >> strange for schumer and trump and for trump and lot of republicans. i think the democrats and schumer will find ways to cooperate on issues like infrastructure and try like the devil to block a lot of other areas. one of the lessons one absorbed from the last eight years it senate obstructionism really works. >> dana bash with the big scoop sat down with him today. we'll listen and then discuss. >> we'd be derelict in responsibility to the ame

donald trump calls chuck schumer the head clown and the rest of the democrats are schumer clowns. >> they are the weakest they have been in modern times as a party. lou: will the delusional dems eventually come to their senses. we take up the morbidity of obamacare. president-elect trump trying to gently persuade toyota to invest in america rather than mexico. that and much more next. that and much more next. we'll be right back. afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. lou: obamacare is a big deal and it's getting bigger. joining us is one of the country's leading experts on obamacare, healthcare and so much more. betsy mccoy, best-selling author of the book, beating obamacare. betsy, great to have you here. schumer is acting as if the obamacare support entirely by democratic. thn is peddling pure bull. >> demagoguery it's a shame at this time when the nation needs to fix obamacare. it isn't

a look ahead at democratic leadership for charles schumer. thanks to you both for joining us. >> thank you. >> live this morning on c-span2, a new year and a new congress. c-span's cameras are here at the warner theater in washington, d.c., for the swearing-in ceremony of the congressional black caucus to honor current and newly-elected members. one change, richardson will succeed kc butterfield as chair of the caucus. the swearing-in of the new 115th congress set to begin shortly. 1:00 eastern time, senator chuck schumer will give his first speech as the democratic leader, laying out his party's path. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [inaudible conversations]. ♪ [inaudible conversations]. ♪ [inaudible conversations]. ♪ >> live here at the warner theater in downtown washington, d.c., the swearing-in to hon of the new 115th congressaucus set to start shortly at the warner theater. one of the things we'll see, set brick richmond of louisiana, succeeding g.k. butterfield for leader. we'll look at speaker paul ryan's talk about his party's plan to battle poverty and expa

donald trump calls chuck schumer the head clown and the rest of the democrats are schumer clowns. >> they are the weakest they have been in modern times as a party. lou: will the delusional dems eventually come to their senses. we take up the morbidity of obamacare. president-elect trump trying to gently persuade toyota to invest in america rather than mexico. that and much more next. we'll be right back. stay with us. sometimes you just know when you hit a home run. that's how i feel about blue-emu pain relief spray. odorless and fast-acting. it soothes all my muscle aches and pains. and it's convenient for those hard to reach places. and if you're like me, you'll love blue-emu super strength cream. it's made with real emu oil, it's non greasy, it's a deep penetrating formula that works itself down into your joints. take it from me. it works fast and you won't stink. blue-emu, it works for me it'll work for you. lou: obamacare is a big deal and it's getting bigger. joining us is one of the country's leading experts on obamacare, healthcare and so much more. betsy mccoy, best-selling

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what do you make of senator schumer? >> this as you know is the most dangerous place between anyone in washington between chuck schumer and the camera. all of a sudden chuck schumer saying well us democrats are going to hold the president accountable if it's just in the interest of holding people accountable. excuse me this is a mandate when donald trump was elected a mandate says the largest congressional election as it's related to majorities and electoral college votes since the reagan re-election campaign in 1984 the the american people have spoken. maybe chuck schumer doesn't understand that. >> i don't know whether he understands it or not but he is somebody a lot smarter than him leading the opposition and that is the case now. to imagine chuck schumer suggesting that donald trump, he could get along if it weren't for that dog on republican party. how infantile and how lazy minded and previously in various points it's become. it's really stunning. >> you have to remember chuck schumer has been the poster boy for o

it is not just chuck schumer.here was a catholic mass last night outside on the lawn of the capital. people felt it was a violation not only of the constitution but of their faith to act -- >> kimberly: it's not a violation. >> juan: not our values as american. >> kimberly: the constitution is not a treaty that we honor with other countries. >> eric: promising to infiltrate the refugee program. >> juan: none of the people who have been admitted under the refugee program. who are you going to go after next? >> eric: going after chuck schumer or the media. >> juan: going after anybody of syrian dissent? >> kimberly: that's not what he said. >> juan: it's not like we are dumb. >> kimberly: this is not illegal. these are laws that are on the books. it's not unconstitutional. keep in mind that rights and privileges are afforded to citizens of the united states and the u.s. constitution is not a treaty with other countries for everyone to do whatever they want. we have an obligation to keep the country safe. >> juan: we

schumer: thank you. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] >> meanwhile, the house is still in recess. we're expecting them to come back into session sometime around 4:15 eastern. they'll vote on legislation to allow the congress to overturn a block of federal regulations from president obama's last year in office. currently congress can overturn those regulations, but each regulation must be voted on individually. as we said, expecting that vote on the bill, the series of votes at about 4:15. we'll have live coverage here on c-span. while the house has been focusing on that bill overturning regulations, the senate has started the process of repealing the affordable care act in a 51-48 vote the senate approved a procedural motion to start debate on a budget retslusion -- resolution that would allow congress to repeal the health care law with only a sim

schumer says he doesn't know donald trump well but he someone of the early political donors.chumer confirmed the president elect told him he likes him better than gop leaders. >> he said something close to it. >> were you surprised to hear a republican president democratic leader be like he likes you more than the republicans. >> when you get in my position people want to flatter you and you have to take it with a grain of salt. >> he is hardly the only concern. he is in charge of his defeating democratic party. >> a sharp edged economic message that talks about helping the middle class and people that want to get to the middle class. we didn't have that in this election. >> just the task for the man that put himself on the map in the 1980s by being media savvy. >> the famous line the most dangerous place in washington is between a camera and chuck schumer. >> said by bob doyle after he was mad i passed the brady law which i'm proud i did. >> now when we try to talk to you in the hallway you pretend you're on the cell phone. so that hasn't changed a lot. >> in the early days

you can say a lot of bad things about chuck schumer. inaccessibility is never going to be one of them. >> reporter: same goes for authenticity. >> leader or not, refined he will never be. >> put a fire escape down there, it will be like brooklyn. >> that's right. >> alisyn before he has a clans to unpack the boxes, he'll have a very important meeting on capitol hill, president obama is come, they're going to try to figure out a way to stop republicans from completely dismantling obamacare. phil mattingly reporting he spoke to joe manchin, conservative democrat from west virginia up for re-election in two years, he's not even going to show up here. that's a case-in-point example of how far difficult chuck schumer's job will be keeping the democrats in line especially since joe manchin is one of ten up for re-election. >> great interview. fascinating to see how he's evolved and what he plans for the future. thanks so much for sharing that with us. >> as president-elect donald trump prepares to take office, house speaker paul ryan will tak

schumer: thank you. national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] cable satellite corp. 2017] >> c-span "washington journal" live with news and policy issues and jared polis will discuss his leadership. and ways and means committee will endorse president-elect trump and talk about the house republican agenda and how they plan to work with the new sure to watch "washington journal." join the discussion. >> tomorrow a hearing on cyberthreats against the u.s. with testimony from james apper and mike rodgers and russia's alleged hacking and what can be done to further protect america from further cyberthreats. it starts live at 9:0 on c-span 3. and the house has finished work. but earlier today, members passed a bill to overturn a block of regulations issued by the president. currently congress must overturn each regulation individually. to and stabe in last year's u.n. security vote and on friday, vice president presides over the electoral ballot

schumer.share a view of the portance of the words on the statue of liberty, give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. you know the rest. it's a statement of values of our country. it's a recognition -- recognition that the strength of our country is in our diversity, that the revitalization constantly of america comes from our immigrant population. it would now be my time to introduce two very brave, determined, courageous, optimistic newcomers to our country, but first, i'm going to introduce and yield to a hampion for the principles embodied in the statue of liberty and fought for since our country began, including this weekend at airports through the the country. i thank all of you for coming, i ask all of you to welcome the distinguished leader of the senate, chuck schumer. [applause] mr. schumer: thank you. ladies and gentlemen, this order is against what we believe in in america. the order will make us unsafe, the order will make us inhumane, and the or

trump's order, president trump is not sure that schumer's tears are for real. >> i noticed chuck schumer yesterday with fake tears, i am going to ask him, who his acting coach, i know him well, i don't see him as a cryer. lou: and ignoring evil george's role in these protest, we take it up with congressman jordan. also iran conducts its first ballistic missile test under the presiden trump presidency. we take it up with ambassador john bolton. president trump said he will reveal his supreme court nomination tomorrow night, dems you already plans their filibuster. we'll have the latest for you on the dems' track tick tick -- tactics of obstruct and delay. lou: we begin tonight with breaking news. president obama's political appointees are trying to undermine the trump administration. acting attorney general, sally yates, has told justice department attorneys, to not defend president trump's executive order on refugees and immigration suspension, and extreme vetting. yates is an obama appointee who serves until president trump's attorney general and nominee jeff sessions is confirmed. ther

senate kim chuck schumer new senate what was the maintaining away from your part?fight, fight, fight. obstruct, obstruct. you know, there was all the enthusiasm that chuck schumer might be a dealer than harry reid. it appears that democrats are going to try to take down aars bunch of these nominees that they possibly can, they are att least going to drag the process out as long as they can. they will try to drag some of the people through the mud and in hopes of getting one or two in the end cooperate on trade maybe infrastructure maybe so long public spending not private tax credits and closing the corporate the carried interest loophole miner part of tax reform. i didn't hear a lot of willingness to cooperate on other things. >> what i heard was schumer saying so long as donald trump governs like a democratically we will did he happy to cooperate with him big question is whether that is going to last over time, trump is going to do things like on infrastructure and trade, that -- a lot of democrats are probably going to support are they going to realobstruct onin

so what has donald trump calling schumer a clown, the head clown? a response from schumer. another llama on the loose. thank goodness for llamas. >> i'm leah gabriel with the fox report. two people are dead after a shooting and a car bombing and a police checkpoint in turkey. that's according to officials that they believe kurdish militants carried out the attack. this happened south and west of istanbul. it comes after isis took credit for a new year's attack in istanbul. new video shows a kid dangling from a ski lift in utah after his backpack got caught. ski patrol used a ladder to get himsafely. and a llama on the loose in georgia. it was roaming a busy highway yesterday in athens, east of atlanta. the sheriff caught the animal and returned to its owner. in 2016, we watched another llama drama live in sun city, arizona. the news continues with shepard smith after this. show that tomse the highest average earning potential over their professional lifetime. see? uh, it's a girl. congratulations! two of my girls are toms. i work for ally, finances are my thing. you know, i

>> well, craig, i think schumer is striking a balance here. there's two things going on behind the scenes here in the senate. one is obviously a desire to protect the president's major priorities, things likehe health care law, and you heard him touch on that in the context of protecting working people, saying look, this is the kind of thing that you ran on and we need to try to focus on that. but also, you heard him welcome donald trump, and say you know, this is somebody that i potentially can work with, and i think there's been a lot of talk about this infrastructure bill that would potentially spend a lot of money, be at odds with some republicans. i think democrats like chuck schumer look at that as a real opportunity toayo donald trump okay, you want to do something like that? let's do it, but we're going to do it our way. we're going to do it as a big democratic bill that focuses on a lot of priorities for his party, and i think chuck schumer is going to be a fulcrom in a way we haven't seen recently and he really has a lot of power to

you end up with a purists on the right saying i'm never going to vote for tax subsidies, and chuck schumersays i will never help you republicans at all, what happens, six months, nine months, they can't have a replacement. >> the democrats are very happy in some ways they are going to get rid of obamacare. this was the one big answer -- paul: politically. >> this was one big answer, a new solution that was going to be revolutionary and change things for the better. didn't work. they are happy. we had it for six years. they're happy to dump it off. i'm more optimistic, there are a lot of pitfalls, we can go through them, if we have momentum, get one part down on the replace part, it creates the conditions for further things down the road. so i think that the main thing is that they need to show momentum. they have the repeal and show good things being done. because our goal is not, the problem is, obamacare is like, closing down a nuclear plant. there is all this waste. you can't turn it off and walk away. you have to be careful with that waste because it can kill you in the meantime. so i

republican said chuck schumer went back on his pledge.n asked for an explanation, schumer said to the republicans, i was speaking in my personal capacity. i wasn't speaking as the leader of the democrats. richard burke, senate intelligence community chairman, not known for being fiery, said to one of our reporters, he lied. >> bret: it seems that pompeo will get through. tillerson as secretary of state will also get through. just past committee this evening. >> once mccain and lindsey graham approved of the nomination of tillerson, it was a done deal. i don't think rubio wanted to be alone hold out. everyone, the hardliner said they are not totally convinced but they're not going to veto a presidential appointment. on the schumer issue, it's a beautiful, beautiful relationship. i have a question paid what was he doing on the inaugural stage and what was his speech about? it's the one thing i haven't seen covered. one of the oddest events ever, and it was long and his speech went nowhere. we know about the captain, or general, however it w

how about this for a piece of trivia, schumer, sanders, schumer, new york, sanders, vermont, guess whatboth went to the same high school in brooklyn. couple years apart. but you can see them both together again tonight. it's a james madison high school reunion on the rachel maddow show, 9:00 here on msnbc. you're not going to want to miss that. >>> meanwhile, u.s. stocks starting the first trading day up, but a little bit subdued. we have the cnbc market wrap. >> that's right, steve, they did kick off the new year with gains with triple digit gains. climbing 119 points. and the nasdaq higher by 46 points. health care stocks start at 2017 on a brighter note as well after sitting out of last year's rally. bank and tech stocks also in the black in today's session. tesla softener after hours trade after missing the full year of delivery target. that's your cnbc business news update. down came the rain and clogged the gutter system creating a leak in the roof. luckily the spider recently had geico help him with homeowners insurance. water completely destroyed his swedish foam mattress. he go

schumer is fighting an ideological war. it is a nasty and brutal way to begin a presidency but so be it. anyone can handle that certainly donald trump's going to need some troops that are not willing to put up with this kind of nonsense. >> and i'm one of those. i'm willing to call it out lou and what you are mentioning fair, it's all about everybody says well it's time to be fair and come together and we are seeing that that we are only seeing it from one side, from the republican side and whether it's a boycott of the inauguration or its these very contentious hearings. lou: would be going to do about it? with each passing day i think we all can the re-they are going to get downright surly about the way in which this new president is being treated in this administration and they as voters who elected him to office. >> well and you. >> well and you know lou i'm a man of action so it's not enough to just talk about it. we have got to do something about it. i think what we do is we fill up the legislative agenda so it's not

. >> senator schumer talked to the press last night about an infrastructure plan. is that something you're concerned about between cincinnati and a note of kentucky -- [inaudible] when you hear the plan that senator schumer talks about an when the president talks about, is a something you think you can get on board with or are you studying the -- >> i don't think we should borrow almost $1 trillion and plus-up a bunch of federal accounts and incur a lot of additional debt and don't build any projects to speak up. so i can tell you what i am against is a replication of the obama stimulus package in 2009. with regard to what we could before, my understanding is the administration has a team who are putting together a proposal that we can all take a look at. that includes people both inside the administration and if it the secretary of transportation, and they are going to come up with a proposal. we will take a look at it. i hope it will be something incredibly paid for. we have a $21 trillion debt, but i think we would all like to tackle infrastructure in a credible

>> let me start by saying i'll be going shortage of meeting down to the white house with senator schumer, senator feinstein and chairman grassley to discuss the supreme court nomination which the president has indicated will be coming down to us in a very near future. this is part of the consultation process, the constitution says advice and consent. and we will be taking the opportunity to give advice on a bipartisan basis to the president prior to his decision about who to send up. in terms of the senate scheduled today, we are hopeful we will get a cabinet nominee confirmed. as you know there's a lot of committee action today. i'll be filing cloture on secretary of state designee rex tillerson which will ripen next week. and then we will anymore fulsome way moving to approving cabinet appointments both controversial and noncontroversial beginning next week. john. >> along those same lines, earlier today the senate committees voted out secretary designee chow. governor nikki haley and dr. ben carson. just to give you a context for the obstruction foot dragging that democrats are imposi

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i was listening very closely to chuck schumer. if the president-elect was watching and listening, that honeymoon, if there ever was a honeymoon, is clearly over because he went directly at the president-elect on a whole host of issues. >> on twitter, this is not reality television. this is reality. look, i think chuck schumer is going to be a fighter. i think he also understands that he has a fine line to walk. for example, on infrastructure plans. if there is a big infwra structure proposal, the democrats are going to say, great. we're going to fund that. we want to work with the president on that. the republicans not so much. i think he laid down the law that the democratic party is going to remain the democratic party. when this he can work with trump they will, when they can't, they won't. >> he came close to ridiculing the president-elect on several sensitive critically important issues, including russia. >> including and especially russia. this is one of those examples of where you have a democratic leader, the democratic le

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schumer with his democratic base.ng chuck schumer with the people you see around him right now, the people that he works for in the united states senate and with nancy pelosi. so he is actually playing into chuck schumer's hand and making him stronger. the best way to hurt chuck schumer is to say, i like this guy, can get along with this guy. yeah, maybe he is saying some nasty things about me but i can make deals with him. >> i totally agree and i think on infrastructure and tax reform that is possible. on health care, i just think we talked earlier about the left pressure on schumer and the republicans policy vision of how to replace the affordable care act. i don't think the chances of a bipartisanship deal on health care are very deal compared to other issues where i do think he could do business with schumer. >> isn't this the same clown that donald trump told privately he liked more than paul ryan and mitch mcconnell? maybe he is trying to walk that back. >> harold ford, they are new yorkers. been new yorkers th

at that point, schumer said well , it was just a mistake. everybody makes mistakes. this kind of selective outrage against the kind of mistakes that people inherently make strikes me as just another delay tactic where senator schumer even complained about not having enough seats in the hearing room. these are all kind of manufactures reasons chris, to slow down the process because they don't want this administration to be treated like other administrations and being given the opportunity to get up and get started. >> weren't you guilty of some selective back in 2009, i want to point out tom daschle, former senate majority leader, we learned he had failed to pay back taxes for a car and a driver and there was a big fuss about that. here you are in 2009. >> it does raise some questions about the vetting process, this is now the second time we've had this similar incident, first with the nominee for secretary of the treasury, and now with senator. i think the administration audit take a look at its process. >> in the end they had to withdraw the nomination. what's the d

the other thing about schumer thinking about with one of your prior guests, general my beth martin, schumerike to be mitch mcconnell in the age of tea party. schumer will want to work with trump on some issues with common ground, but elizabeth warren, bernie sanders's wing, will not be happy about that. this will be a complete role reversal from 2010. neil: i also get the sense schumer wants to get stuff done, maybe even though democrats shaved at republicans who say they blocked president obama at every call, i remember, it was democrats who were criticized for doing that with former president bush. so the blame game goes on and on and through republican and democratic administrations but schumer wants to tally up a record of getting stuff done. now there's a big difference of version stuff he wants to get done and donald trump's, but maybe not as wide a chasm as we think? where do they find common ground? maybe with a lot of infrastructure stuff but that could be costly and doesn't look like donald trump has a way to pay for it. >> funny thing, trump and schumer may have agreement on but

hillary and has now dubbed schumer and his colleagues as schumer clowns. at first i thought they were playing footsie. now schumer comes out and says he wants to make america sick again and they're going back and forth. is this a bunch of posturing? is this going to work with chuck schumer or not. >> it's obstructionism. they should give him the opportunity to lay out his agenda which is what the american people voted for. not just in conservative states. you look at places that have not voted republican in literally a generation since 1984, the american people want change in chuck schumer, what he clearly doesn't understand, and what the liberals don't understand is that people are tired of politics as usual and being an obstructionist doesn't mean they're getting things done. they want a better economy, they they want safety, that's what donald trump is promising and chuck schumer should jump on board that train. >> you're saying he's got to get on the trump train. >> the trump train is big and it's left the station and run over hillary clinton. jesse: t

chuck schumer in the senate. nancy pelosi in the house. to the point senator schumer is making there with dana, we have confirmation hearings starting next week. you made a smart point that we have a lot of questions about what campaign promise from the president-elect actually carry over into the new administration. when tom price is being confirmed for health and human services, how do they want to deal with obama care? when general madison is being confirmed for the defense secretary, what will he do about russia hacking and the threat from north korea on the table? go through each and every agency and we have a lot of question marks. the democrats, though, are powerless. unless they can get republicans, the democrats are largely powerless. >> all of these nominees have been working with the transition officials, specifically shifting policy ideas. we need to learn much more about what he thinks and what this administration thinks and simply about their own backgrounds. the reality is most of them, if not all of them, will likely be con

same thing with check schumer who does he thinks he going to work with. he's going to need chuck schumer. >> yes. he is not a clown nor should he be called a clown. you haveeat with him man or woman. you have to negotiate everything. >> that's the next morning. first office we have to get used to it because this new landscape we're going to be in. donald trump has way of identifying pegging. >> if he calls kim jong-un a clown and the guy starts looking for a button to push. >> i think that's something that has to be dealt with. >> he is a clown. >> sometimes he maybe right. >> i think we need to get this new hat on our head. >> who is going to give us the roy rogers button. >> there's nothing to change his behavior. this is political weapon for him and political tool and he uses it expertly. there's a reason why he calls chuck schumer a clown. >> give me a reason. >> because chuck -- >> it doesn't work with chuck, because he is not a clown. >> he is down running against donald trump for elected office. he is running the united states senate and can comple

i know you heard a bit of my conversation with senator schumer here.ou guys went to the same high school, you've known each other for a long time. let me ask you candidly, how rested and ready do you feel like democrats are for the trump era? are you confident in the plans? in the strategic planning? in the operations thus far? >> no. i think chuck is off to a good start, is he has brought together some very, very good people and he understands something and that is that at the end of the day the way we're going to bring about change, the way we're going to stop trump is not just inside the belt way. you need an outside-the-beltway strategy and that's in a sense what my job is as part of the democratic leadership. >> what does that mean? >> that means on january 15 for the first time in the modern history of the democratic party democrats are going to be organizing rallies all across this country in opposition to the republican budget which calls for throwing 30 million people off of health care, throwing their insurance away. privatizing medicare, mak

don't let that schumer clouds out of this web.assive increases of obamacare will take place this year, and dems are to blame for the mess. it will fall of its own weight. be careful." let's go back to nancy pelosi's comments, the only thing the republicans have going is alliteration. talking about repeal and replace. where is this going? >> jesse: it's funny that she says republicans have no plan. she was one that says you have to pass the bill to find out what's in it, first of all. i also like the phrase "schumer clouds," i think that might be the new cricket hillary, so i am looking forward to hearing more of that. obamacare has always been a joke, i say president-elect donald trump is now saying let's make sure the joke is now on not on a spread because untangling the same, i don't trust any washington politicians to to dt effectively, it has to be a smooth landing for employees, and it has to be immediate for employers. this thing is a mess, everybody knows it, the democrats created it. i think trumps warning everybody that y

i think schumer is in a tough role.ow the leader of that party and he basically, i think he's a guy who always thought he was going to be the majority leader for life. he's going to be minority. >> on tv more than ever. >> this is a party guess pratt for leadership. i think it was real. i don't think it gives you the impression of a person the country wants as a leader. trump is a bully. he took a shot, i wouldn't have done it. >> jeremy, you were talking about de-institutionalization which is a big word, take down structures of government, fake news, if you believe it, fake tears. >> i think about my mentor leon panetta whose parents immigrated from italy through ellis island. he always said, secretary panetta said they could never have imagined their son would grow up to become cia director and secretary of defense of the most powerful military of the world. part of chuck schumer's tears are not about what is going on today. the fact we may be denying the ability of people to come into our country who some day will gr

he said, republicans shouldn't let the schumer clowns out of his web. well, i think republicans should stop clowning around with the people's medicare, medicaid and health care. the republicans are stuck. for years they've promised every conservative group in america that they'll repeal the a.c.a., quote, root and branch. until today. they could make those extreme promises without suffering any consequences. because they knew democrats or president obama would ultimately block any rollbacks in a.c.a. but now republicans in congress are, again, like the dog who caught the bus, they can't keep all the things that americans like about the a.c.a. and get rid of the rest without throwing the entire health care system, not just those on a.c.a., but those with private insurance, into chaos. they're going to -- one of the things they'll hurt the most is rural hospitals, right in their heartland. the minute they enact this repeal, they're going to suffer dramatically in 11 state capitals, many in red states today, rural hospitals are protesting the republican ac

not taking gruff from schumer. real question here is what damage does this do to the working relationship between senior republican senators and chuck schumer? this was a real breach of trust in senate leadership and it will make republicans think twice when they have to do these kinds of deals with chuck schumer in the future. >> shannon: he has already signaled now the senate minority leader on the supreme court this weekend saying he'll hold that seat open. they are still upset about president obama's nominee not getting a chance for hearings or vote. he said he will hold it open unless there is bipartisan agreement and the person is considered mainstream by his definition. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell was asked how far he would go with regard to that seat and here is what he said. >> will you extend the nuclear option to supreme court nominees? >> i'm confident we'll get the supreme court nominee confirmed. the nominee will be confirmed is the short answer. >> would you consider extending the nuclear